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If you were found to be in arrears for the child support, you might have to continue to pay until that arrearage is paid off. I would suggest reviewing the court orders on this matter with an attorney.

If arrears are being collected from your paycheck, the fact that the child has become an adult is immaterial. If you were ordered to pay child support and fell behind on payments, you owe the arrearage plus interest at 10% per annum on the unpaid balance of the arrears until paid in full. You didn't indicate why you were ordered to pay Child Support for a child who wasn't your biological child, so I can't speculate whether or not the order was improper, but your deadline to appeal the ruling mostlikely expired long ago.

Apparently a court has ruled you are the legal father despite your statement that you are not the biological father. That means child support continues until the child is 19, or completes high school, whichever is later. If you were in arrears in paying child support that was due before age 19, that can be collected for as long as it takes to pay off everything you failed to pay.

When someone is ordered to pay child support, any unpaid child support becomes a judgment. A judgment for child support can be collected for up to ten years after the child turns age 18. So, if there is a valid order for support and unpaid arrears, they may be trying to collect that money for some time to come.

In Michigan , a child born during a marriage, is the legal child of the husband, further a child support order cannot be modified retroactively. You can petition to modify the support order going forward. However you will be required to pay the accumulated arrearages until the amount of the arrearages are paid off. You may be able to work a compromise and settle the arrearages for less than the amount owed but that will take the agreement of the payee. I f the payee has been on state assistance, she will not be able to compromise the arrearages due to the state of Michigan.

I do not understand why you are paying child support if you are not the father. Child Support is no longer paid after the age of 19, but if there are arrearages to be paid those are paid until they are paid in full.

I do not have enough information to give you much of an answer. The answer hinges on the facts. It sounds like you either thought you were dad (in which case I hope you have developed a close and loving bond with this child); or, if you knew you were not dad, you did not act. If you can prove that mom intentionally defrauded the court about your paternity, then you have an action. But an action like that could also have devastating effects on this child. This is far too complicated an issue for me to give any decent advice - I urge you to speak to an attorney about your options and whether the matter is worth pursuing.

If you were found to be the father of this child, then you have to pay pursuant to the order. If you failed to pay during the minority of the child, then you are in arrears and must pay that off. If you didn't think you were the father, you should have challenged it when you first learned of this. It is likely too late now.

You could have fought the original judgment based on the fact that you were not the biological father, as soon as you found out. If there is an arrearages judgment against you that you did not fight originally, you may be held liable until it is paid. If you only recently found out you were not the biological father, you may seek to have the judgment annulled for fraud or ill practices.

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